Allow extension to override location of CLI2 options file (--config)

[monkey-knuckles]

I very nearly have set up my workflow exactly how it needs to be. I thought markdownlint-cli2 was working correctly. And when run manually and on the pipeline it does work.

My .markdownlint-cli2.jsonc is located in .config from the root directory of my project.

VSC does not seem to be picking up the config file when it is stored in the .config folder.

I have this in my settings.json.

"markdownlint.config": {
  "extends": ".config/.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc"
}

This does not seem to make a difference. I'm sure have had this working in the past. What confuses things even more is that If I set up a blank project with only a 'test.md' and nothing else, it will pick up some errors.

For example, it will show MD051 but not MD013. But even without a config file it should be reporting rule MD013 has ben violated 80 character max limit. And when it uses my config it should report MD013 120-character limit.

But either way it should be reporting MD013 out of the box. I'm sure I had this working in the past. I'm using the latest versions on a clean VM.

Thanks again for your time.

[monkey-knuckles]

I'm thinking I should have posted this under the plugin page as I don't it doesn't appear to be a markdown-lint-cli2 problem but more to do with the IDE.

[DavidAnson]

The technique you are using to change the location of the configuration file only works for .markdownlint.* and not .markdownlint-cli2.*. This is for historical reasons because that setting predates CLI2 entirely (and also because the setting you are using is within a config object). I would prefer to have as few extension settings as possible, but I can’t come up with a strong argument against this one, so I will look at adding this soon.

[monkey-knuckles]

Thanks. I need to use cli2 because of the custom rules, but on the other hand, I need the standard version so I can use the config file inside VSC. As it is now I have to keep a copy of the settings in my settings.json.

At least I'm not going mad. Thanks, man